White Papers: Defense
Why Do Bolts Loosen
Nord-Lock’s eBook "Why Do Bolts Loosen" explores the topic of why bolted joints lose preload and how to prevent it from happening.
White Papers: Aerospace
Evolution of the NanoRF Interconnect
SOSA is the future of standardization. The new military standards accelerate design, testing and upgrading. TE Connectivity (TE) has the SOSA-aligned products and expertise to support defense engineers....
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
White Papers: Aerospace
COTS in Space From Novelty to Necessity
This is the perfect point in our industry to build out the next 10 years in space electronics, as the significant lowering of launch costs has enabled a boom in near-earth orbit (NEO) and low-earth...
White Papers: Electronics & Computers
AXIS Software Development Tools
Software developers for mission-critical applications need special tools. Often, they are forced to use tools that aren’t necessarily designed to work together. Abaco’s AXIS is a full suite of integrated...
Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace
Unmanned Aircraft Technology
Unmanned aircraft – aka drones – are one of the fastest growing areas of modern technology, from the complex hunter/killer and surveillance systems used by the military, to the sophisticated remotely piloted vehicles used for civil and agricultural applications, to the type of drones envisioned for future...
White Papers: Automotive
How to Make Software Faster, Safer, Secure in Regulated Environments?
The race for innovation and cybersecurity in our hyper-connected world has led most organizations to adopt DevSecOps methodologies in their software development and...
White Papers: Defense
Magnet Valves for Rapid Decompression
When transporting sealed containers by air, protecting against rapid decompression is a constant concern. Traditionally, spring-actuated valves have been used to address this design challenge....
Briefs: Defense
Innovators have developed an RFID-based system for sensing the angular position of rotating systems. The RFID-Based Rotary Position Sensor can be used as a position/orientation sensor or implemented in a...
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Advanced Materials & Coatings - May 2021
New diamond super-material enhances military aircraft survivability…a gold film gives robots “chameleon skin”…shape-shifting nanomaterial offers exciting biotech...
White Papers: Defense
Thunderbolt 3: A Path forward for Avionics Data Bus Interfaces and Abaco’s ARINC 615-3 Data Loader
Engineers using avionics data bus interfaces and data loaders are facing a growing problem: the demise of the PCMCIA and ExpressCard...
Special Reports: Defense
Aerospace & Defense Sensing - April 2021
A microwave radiation sensor offers 100,000 times greater sensitivity...Nature-inspired sensors help autonomous machines to see better...New accelerometers aid the development of Electric Vertical...
White Papers: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Inside Story on SOSA
SOSA is chartered with creating a common framework for transitioning sensor systems to an open-systems architecture, based on key interfaces and best practices established by industry-government consensus. The...
On-Demand Webinars: Aerospace
6 Ways to Reduce Aerospace and Defense Program Risk
This presentation describes how a development environment employing a complete digital twin of the platform electrical system reduces program risk. It discusses the importance of employing a mature and fully functional, multi-domain digital thread to enrich the digital twin throughout...
White Papers: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) Meeting the Challenge
Degraded Visual Environments (DVE) introduce fundamental challenges to the safety and operational capabilities of pilots and ground vehicle crews. Overcoming DVE challenges will demand...
White Papers: Defense
Software Defined Radio Handbook
SDR (Software-Defined Radio) has revolutionized electronic systems for a variety of applications including communications, data acquisition and signal processing.This handbook shows how DDCs (Digital...
Briefs: Defense
White Papers: Defense
AI for Embedded Defense is Here
An armed Humvee is moving at night thru a smoke-filled, urban battlefield. Using multiple displays, the crew has a 360˚ view that is daylight clear, delivered by an imaging system fusing data from several...
White Papers: Photonics/Optics
Radiation Performance of Low Bend-Loss Optical Fiber for Gyroscope Applications
In this presentation we will describe the effect of radiation on a low bend loss, polarization maintaining (PM) fiber for an interferometric fiber optic...
Webinars: Green Design & Manufacturing
For the first time, the winners of the Create the Future Design Contest will be announced live! Join us for this special one-hour presentation as we honor our 2020 Grand Prize...
White Papers: Automotive
Sealing Solutions for Today’s Batteries
Whether they take to the streets in electric vehicles or stand still in energy storage systems, lithium-based battery modules pose a tough sealing challenge. Increasingly, battery makers are looking...
Briefs: Defense
Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
Aerospace & Defense - October 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll learn about NASA's return to the moon with Apollo's twin sister Artemis, how autonomous...
Special Reports: Aerospace
RF & Microwave Electronics - October 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in space and...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Aerospace & Defense - September 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll learn about the technology driving the Mars 2020 rover, how NASA will use GPS to...
Facility Focus: Photonics/Optics
Briefs: Imaging
Top Stories
Blog: Aerospace
Answering Reader Questions: NASA Prepares for Return to the Moon
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
With Enzymes, A 'Create the Future' Winner Builds Self-Destructing Plastic
Blog: Motion Control
Create the Future 2021: A Universal E-Kit Provides Power Boost to...
Blog: Energy
NASA Going Back to the Moon: How Does the Artemis Mission Differ from...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
More Efficient Electricity Distribution Thanks to New Insulation Material
INSIDER: Nanotechnology
A Simple Way to Get Complex Semiconductors to Assemble Themselves
Question of the Week
Will We Use Solar to Power Our Devices Indoors?
Webcasts
On-Demand Webinars: Software
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Technical Ceramics: Reshaping the Possible in Electric Vehicles
Upcoming Webinars: Software
Getting Started with Multiphysics Simulation in the Cloud with...
Webinars: Medical
Sensors, Apps, and Wearables: The Future of Medical Diagnostics
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
The Art of EV Propulsion System Design
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive
Trending Stories
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Machine Condition Monitoring Keeps a Factory Running
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Directly into the Brain: A 3D Multifunctional and Flexible Neural Interface
Briefs: Medical
Adenosine Monophosphate-Based Detection of Bacterial Spores
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Improved Cable-Drive Pretensioner
NASA Spinoff: Transportation
Nanotechnology Repairs Engine Damage in Cars
Articles: Motion Control
